Wine Industry News

  • US: Treasury Wine Estates closes Asti tasting room

    Treasury Wine Estates is closing its public tasting room at Asti, which is home to its Souverain and Cellar No. 8 brands in the Alexander Valley north of Healdsburg. The company, formerly part of the Foster’s Group until it was spun off in May to form a separate, publicly traded wine business, ...
  • French wine industry ponders radical shift in marketing strategy

    French winemakers are gradually giving in to global marketing trends, focussing on grape type rather than the region of production. Though it may boost sales worldwide, in a country with a proud wine tradition, this shift is a hard pill to swallow. The French wine industry is increasingly focusing o...
  • Synthesising red wine's overlooked chemical secrets

    US chemists have discovered how to selectively synthesise a wide range of natural polyphenol compounds based on resveratrol, a stilbenoid consisting of three phenols on two aromatic rings linked by a short hydrocarbon chain. Controlled synthesis of these compounds will allow researchers to probe the...
  • Music Group Train Launches 'Drops of Jupiter' Wine

    The Grammy-winning group Train has been making waves with its wine club, and now, the trio is taking the next step with its own wine. Starting next week, fans will be able to buy Drops of Jupiter Petite Sirah wine from Train's online wine club and other outlets. The name is a nod to one of Train'...
  • France: Bordeaux, Burgundy expect 2011 harvest to be 'earliest ever'

    In common with Champagne, Bordeaux and Burgundy are preparing for the earliest harvest ever as record sunlight hours and temperatures have advanced the vegetative cycle. Most wine regions have traditionally counted on full ripeness coming 100 days after flowering. With modern viticultural techniques...
  • Northwest: Environment key in perfect wine

    Since the Central Washington and Southern British Columbia climates are somewhat unique in the world we are still learning about the best ways to utilize this arid environment. One such way has more or less been pioneered by British Columbia - ice wines and late harvest wines. B.C. winemakers have m...
  • Global wine sales boom despite crisis: industry

    Drinkers worldwide are spending half a trillion dollars a year on wine and spirits, boosting exports from France, Italy, Argentina and even small producers like Brazil, executives at a major industry fair said this week. Experts at the Vinexpo trade fair in Bordeaux, the heart of the French wine ...

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